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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 251 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAPERS , the unexpanded See also:

flower-buds of Capparis spinosa, prepared with See also:vinegar for use as a See also:pickle. The See also:caper plant is a trailing See also:shrub, belonging to the Mediterranean region, resembling in See also:habit the See also:common bramble, and having handsome See also:flowers of a pinkish See also:white, with four petals, and numerous See also:long tassel-like stamens. The leaves are See also:simple and ovate, with spiny stipules. The plant is cultivated in See also:Sicily and the See also:south of See also:France; and in See also:commerce capers are valued according to the See also:period at which the buds are gathered and preserved. The finest are the See also:young See also:tender buds called " See also:nonpareil," after which, gradually increasing in See also:size and lessening in value, come " superfine," " See also:fine," " capucin " and " capot." Other See also:species of Capparis are similarly employed in various localities; and in some cases the See also:fruit is pickled.

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